Chocolate Hidden Treasure Cookies
Source of Recipe
Crisco Pamphlet
List of Ingredients
2/3 cup butter flavor crisco
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 TBSP milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
48 maraschino cherries, well drained on paper towels
Dipping Chocolate
White
1 cup melted white chocolate
2 TBSP butter flavor crisco
Dark
1 cup melted semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 TBSP butter flavor crisco
Finishing touches (optional)
Finely chopped pecans
Flaked coconut (I used this)
Slivered white chocolate
Chocolate jimmiesRecipe
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream butter flavor crisco, sugar, egg, milk and vanilla in a large bowl at medium speed of electric mixer. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Beat into creamed mixture at low speed. Mix well. Form dough in very thin layer (1/8") around well drained cherry. Repeat. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Cool one minute on baking sheet. Remove to cooling racks. Cool completely before dipping in chocolate and decorating as described below.
Melt chocolate of choice on very low heat or microwave for 30 seconds at a time, stirring after each time, until melted. Stir butter flavor crisco in and let melt.
Transfer to a glass measuring cup. Drop one cookie at a time into chocolate. Use a fork to turn. Cover completely with chocolate. Lift cookie out on fork. Allow excess to drip off. Place on cooling rack with wax paper underneath to catch drips. Sprinkle with optional finishing touches if desired while chocolate is still well. Place sheet of waxed paper on baking sheet. Transfer chocolate dipped cookies to sheet with spatula. Chill in refrigerator to set chocolate.
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